Sunshine Act Meetings Publication: Federal Register Signing Official: Alex B. Leath Agency: Unified Carrier Registration Plan Date: 24 October 2022

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 204 (Monday, October 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64310-64311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23100]


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UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION PLAN


Sunshine Act Meetings

TIME AND DATE: October 27, 2022, 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Eastern time.

PLACE: This meeting will be accessible via conference call and via Zoom 
Meeting and Screenshare. Any interested person may call (i) 1-929-205-
6099 (U.S. Toll) or 1-669-900-6833 (U.S. Toll) or (ii) 1-877-853-5247 
(U.S. Toll Free) or 1-888-788-0099 (U.S. Toll Free), Meeting ID: 915 
9367 7179, to listen and participate in this meeting. The website to 
participate via Zoom Meeting and Screenshare is https://kellen.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUofuquqTwrHd3ebFPcweg6eDMBswbWEwTJ.

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board 
of Directors (the ``Board'') will continue its work in developing and 
implementing the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement. The 
subject matter of this meeting will include:

Agenda

I. Welcome and Call to Order--UCR Board Chair

    The UCR Board Chair will welcome attendees, call the meeting to 
order, call roll for the Board, confirm the presence of a quorum, and 
facilitate self-introductions.

II. Verification of Publication of Meeting Notice--UCR Executive 
Director

    The UCR Executive Director will verify publication of the meeting 
notice on the UCR website and distribution to the UCR contact list via 
email, followed by subsequent publication of the notice in the Federal 
Register.

III. Review and Approval of Board Agenda--UCR Board Chair

For Discussion and Possible Board Action

    The proposed Agenda will be reviewed, and the Board will consider 
adoption.
Ground Rules
    [rtarr8] Board actions taken only in designated areas on agenda.

IV. Approval of Minutes of the September 27, 2022, UCR Board Meeting--
UCR Board Chair

For Discussion and Possible Board Action

    Draft Minutes from the September 27, 2022, UCR Board meeting will 
be reviewed. The Board will consider action to approve.

V. Report of FMCSA--FMCSA Representative

    The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will 
provide a report on relevant activity.

VI. Subcommittee Reports

Audit Subcommittee--UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair

A. UCR Participation in FMCSA Out-of-Service Violations--UCR Audit 
Subcommittee Chair

For Discussion and Possible Board Action

    The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair will lead a discussion regarding a 
plan to work jointly with IRP and IFTA to add failure to register for 
any or all of these regulatory programs to the CVSA Out-of-Service 
criteria. This effort is based on data including the 2017 FMCSA Safety 
Analysis Report of Interstate Carriers with UCR, IRP and IFTA 
Violations and other data showing an enhanced risk of crash for these 
unregistered motor carriers. The UCR Board will discuss this issue and 
may authorize the UCR Audit Subcommittee and UCR Plan to work with both 
IRP and IFTA representatives to submit this request to CVSA for CVSA's 
review and approval.
B. Review of States' Audit Compliance Rates for Registration Years 2021 
and 2022--UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair
    The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair will present registration 
performance statistics and the related compliance percentages, Focused 
Anomaly Reviews (FARs), unregistered brackets 5 and 6 motor carrier 
audits for the 2021 and 2022 registration years.

Finance Subcommittee--UCR Finance Subcommittee Chair

Removal of 2025 Fee Change Recommendation So That Current Fee 
Recommendation is for the 2024 Registration Year Only--UCR Finance 
Subcommittee Chair

For Discussion and Possible Board Action

    The UCR Finance Subcommittee Chair will lead a discussion regarding 
a revision to the 2024 and 2025 UCR fee change recommendation to 
officially remove the 2025 fee recommendation from the current request 
that was approved by the UCR Board during the August 11, 2022 UCR Board 
meeting. There will be no change to the fee levels contained in the 
2024 fee recommendation. Instead, the UCR Board may decide to submit a 
fee change recommendation for the 2025 Registration Year at the 
proposed July 27, 2023 UCR Board Meeting. The UCR Board may take action 
to approve the removal of the 2025 fee from the current fee 
recommendation.

Education and Training Subcommittee--UCR Education and Training 
Subcommittee Chair

Update on Current and Future Training Initiatives--UCR Education and 
Training Subcommittee Chair and UCR Staff Executive
    The Education and Training Subcommittee Chair and the UCR Staff 
Executive will provide an update on current and planned future training 
initiatives and the E-Certificate program.

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Industry Advisory Subcommittee--UCR Industry Advisory Subcommittee 
Chair

Update on Current Initiatives--UCR Industry Advisory Subcommittee Chair 
and UCR Staff Executive
    The UCR Industry Advisory Subcommittee Chair and the UCR Staff 
Executive will provide an update on current and planned initiatives 
regarding motor carrier industry concerns.

VII. Contractor Reports--UCR Executive Director

 UCR Executive Director's Report

    The UCR Executive Director will provide a report covering recent 
activity for the UCR Plan.

 DSL Transportation Services, Inc.

    DSL Transportation Services, Inc. will report on the latest data 
from the Focused Anomaly Reviews (FARs) program, discuss motor carrier 
inspection results, pilot projects and other matters.

 Seikosoft

    Seikosoft will provide an update on recent/new activity related to 
the National Registration System (NRS).

 UCR Administrator Report (Kellen)

    The UCR Staff Executive will provide a management report covering 
recent activity for the Depository, Operations, and Communications.

VIII. Other Business--UCR Board Chair

    The UCR Board Chair will call for any other business, old or new, 
from the floor.

IX. Adjournment--UCR Board Chair

    The UCR Board Chair will adjourn the meeting.

    The agenda will be available no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, 
October 19, 2022 at: https://plan.ucr.gov.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Elizabeth Leaman, Chair, Unified 
Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors, (617) 305-3783, 
eleaman@board.ucr.gov.

Alex B. Leath,
Chief Legal Officer, Unified Carrier Registration Plan.
[FR Doc. 2022-23100 Filed 10-20-22; 11:15 am]
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